Cold cuts of Teror

Gran Canaria offers several possibilities to the visitor: sun, beach, architecture, history, culture…and of course gastronomy. Among gran’s featured products there are the cold cuts of  Teror. Today as Canarian Transfer we talk about of its most popular products.

Cold cuts of Teror

Teror  is one of the most ancient villages of  Gran Canaria. Among other aspects, its gastronomy offers an amazing product: the cold cuts of Teror.

Even if there are several products, the most famous are the chorizo of Teror and the sweet morcilla.

The famous chorizo of Teror

The chorizo of Teror is made with the most tender parts of the pork: the bacon, the leg, the mask.

Once meat has been selected, it is chopped with a mixture of salt, chopped garlic, wine and a secret recipe of spices. In addition, paprika may or may not be added. In this way we can prepare sausage or red sausage. For the white chorizo ?? also nutmeg is usually used as an additional condiment.

The ingredients are kneaded well and the result is stuffed in guts. The chorizo ??sausages contains several sections, almost 5 cm wide. The texture is soft and juicy. The suggestion is to taste it spread on bread.

There are different products of Teror that give its special touch to the recipe. Each one has been able to keep the texture and the genuine taste of the traditional chorizo of Teror.

Who tastes the chorizo usually repeats. The proof is that it is distributed in all Canary Islands and also in the rest of Spain or at international level.

Sweet morcilla of Teror

Among the cold cuts of Teror, we cannot forget to mention the famous sweet morcilla. Even if everybody wonders that it’s a salty snack, the sweet morcilla of Teror is usually served as dessert.  

The recipe is different than others of the rest of the islands or of the rest of Spain. There are different popular recipes for this dessert.

One of these recipes says that the blood of the pork is combined with some bread or biscuit, almonds, cinnamon, garlic, raisin grape, spices. Then pasta is stuffed in pork casings and cooked in a water bath.

Once prepared, they are stored until cooked, and usually cut into wide slices to be fried.

Did you know the famous cold cuts of Teror? If you want to discover Teror, we recommend our excursion San Mateo and Teror market. You can also book our transfers to discover all the flavor of Gran Canaria with Canarian Transfer.